IP Library Granted Patent US 9,726,916
Granted Patent B2
US 9,726,916 · App. 14/764,888 · Granted Aug 8, 2017

Member bonding apparatus

Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi (Saitama-shi, Saitama, JP); Yutaka Matsumoto (Saitama-shi, Saitama, JP); Hisashi Shimizu (Saitama-shi, Saitama, JP); Tetsuya Okamoto (Saitama-shi, Saitama, JP)
Assignee: Origin Electric Company, Limited
G02F1/1303G02F1/133308G02F2001/133325G02F2001/133331Y10T156/17
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Patent No.
US 9,726,916
App. No.
14/764,888
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a member bonding apparatus that can accurately position two members for bonding. Member alignment preprocessing device 15 adjusts to align one of the two members received by member receiving device 11 with another member in X and Y-axis directions so that the positions of bonding surfaces of the two members approximately correspond, adhesive application device 12 applies adhesive to a bonding surface of one of the two members approximately aligned, member alignment device 16 adjusts to align another member with one of the two members in X, Y, Z-axis and α, β, θ-axis directions based on images of the two members captured by a CCD camera so that positions of the bonding surfaces of the two members correspond, member bonding device 13 makes the bonding surfaces of the two members aligned be bonded to each other through the adhesive, and member delivery device 14 unloads and delivers the bonded member.

Claims (23)

1. A member bonding apparatus, comprising:

a member alignment preprocessing device for adjusting to align one member of two members to be bonded with another member in X and Y-axis directions so that the positions of bonding surfaces of the two members approximately correspond;

a member alignment device for adjusting to align one member of the two members with another member in X, Y, Z-axis directions and α, β, θ-axis directions in accordance with images of the two members captured by a mounted CCD camera so that positions of the bonding surfaces of the two members correspond;

a member bonding device for making the bonding surfaces of the two members aligned by the member alignment device be bonded to each other through an adhesive, the adhesive being applied to the bonding surface of one of the two members; and

an adhesive curing preprocessing device for irradiating an edge of the bonded member, bonded with the member bonding device, with ultraviolet light through a mask and curing the adhesive at the edge of the bonded member,

wherein the adhesive curing preprocessing device includes the mask and an ultraviolet light source for generating the ultraviolet light, and the mask is shaped in rectangle to cover over all of the bonded member except the edge of the bonded member.

2. A member bonding apparatus, comprising:

a thickness measuring device for measuring thicknesses of two members to be bonded;

a member alignment preprocessing device for adjusting to align one member of the two members measured by the thickness measuring device with another member in X, Y-axis directions so that the positions of bonding surfaces of the two members approximately correspond;

a member alignment device for adjusting to align one member of the two members with another member in X, Y, Z-axis directions and α, β, θ-axis directions in accordance with images of the two members captured by a mounted CCD camera so that the positions of the bonding surfaces of the two members correspond;

a thickness adjusting device for adjusting a thickness of a bonded member in accordance with the thicknesses of the two members measured by the thickness measuring device so that a thickness of an adhesive in the bonded member, the adhesive being applied to the bonding surface of one of the two members, the bonded member being formed when two members aligned by the member alignment device are bonded, achieves a predetermined thickness;

a member bonding device for making the bonding surfaces of the two members be bonded through the adhesive so that the bonded member has a thickness adjusted by the thickness adjusting device; and

an adhesive curing preprocessing device for irradiating an edge of the bonded member, bonded with the member bonding device, with ultraviolet light through a mask and curing the adhesive at the edge of the bonded member,

wherein the adhesive curing preprocessing device includes the mask and an ultraviolet light source for generating the ultraviolet light, and the mask is shaped in rectangle to cover over all of the bonded member except the edge of the bonded member.

3. A member bonding apparatus, comprising:

a thickness measuring device for measuring thicknesses of two members to be bonded;

a member alignment preprocessing device for adjusting to align one member of the two members measured by the thickness measuring device with another member in X, Y-axis directions so that the positions of bonding surfaces of the two members approximately correspond;

a member alignment device for adjusting to align one member of the two members with another member in X, Y, Z-axis directions and α, β, θ-axis directions in accordance with images of the two members captured by a mounted CCD camera so that the positions of the bonding surfaces of the two members correspond;

a thickness adjusting device for adjusting a thickness of a bonded member in accordance with the thicknesses of the two members measured by the thickness measuring device so that a thickness of an adhesive in the bonded member, the adhesive being applied to the bonding surface of one of the two members, the bonded member being formed when the two members aligned by the member alignment device are bonded, achieves a predetermined thickness;

a member tilt adjusting device for determining tilts of the members, adjusting the members in α, β, θ-axis directions, and adjusting the tilts of the two members so that the members are kept level, in accordance with the thicknesses of the members measured by the thickness measuring device at plural points;

a member bonding device for making the bonding surfaces of the two members be bonded through the adhesive so that the bonded member has the thickness adjusted by the thickness adjusting device at tilt positions of the member adjusted by the member tilt adjusting device; and

an adhesive curing preprocessing device for irradiating an edge of the bonded member, bonded with the member bonding device, with ultraviolet light through a mask and curing the adhesive at the edge of the bonded member,

wherein the adhesive curing preprocessing device includes the mask and an ultraviolet light source for generating the ultraviolet light, and the mask is shaped in rectangle to cover over all of the bonded member except the edge of the bonded member.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 9, 2019
From: ORIGIN ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
To: ORIGIN COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050673/0678 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE Recorded Jun 16, 2017
From: ORIGIN ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
To: ORIGIN ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 042861/0801 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2015
From: YAMAGUCHI, KOJI; MATSUMOTO, YUTAKA; SHIMIZU, HISASHI; OKAMOTO, TETSUYA
To: ORIGIN ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 036292/0211 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2013-015851 · Jan 30, 2013 · national
JP 2013-015852 · Jan 30, 2013 · national
JP 2013-015853 · Jan 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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